S. Pelargir loc. “Garth of Royal Ships”
A Gondorian city at the mouth of the Anduin (LotR/789), translated “Garth of Royal Ships” (RC/535), a combination of pêl “fenced field”, the prefix ar(a)- “royal” and the lenited form of the plural cîr of cair “ship” (RC/625).
Conceptual Development: In Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name first appeared as N. Pelargir (WR/268).
References ✧ LotR/1116; LotRI; PMI; RC/535; SA/pel; SI; UTI
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Elements
#pêl | “*fenced field” | ||
ar(a)- | “noble, royal, high” | ||
cair | “ship” | soft-mutation plural | |
√PEL | “fence, border, edge; bound, limit; go round, encircle” | ✧ SA/pel |